

Desperate Romantics
2009-07-21 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.4
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
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Aidan TurnerDante Gabriel Rossetti
Rafe SpallWilliam Holman Hunt
Tom HollanderJohn Ruskin
Samuel BarnettJohn Millais
Sam CraneFred Walters
Zoë TapperEffie Ruskin/ Effie Millais
Amy MansonLizzie Siddal
Jennie JacquesAnnie Miller
Maimie McCoyMargaret
Phil DavisMr. Stone
Mark HeapCharles Dickens
Rebecca DaviesFanny Cornforth
Peter Sandys-ClarkeEdward Burne-Jones
Natalie ThomasJane Burden
Poppy Lee FriarRose La ToucheTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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